Comments for Steve Koenemann http://koenemann.hoppress.com VTHopHead Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:15:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on About Steve Koenemann by Steve Koenemann http://koenemann.hoppress.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Steve Koenemann Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:15:02 +0000 #comment-874 Not sure what you are looking for Carl... plenty of information available on the Internet, of course... Not sure what you are looking for Carl… plenty of information available on the Internet, of course…

]]> Comment on About Steve Koenemann by mainebear http://koenemann.hoppress.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-873 mainebear Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:00:10 +0000 #comment-873 Any where I can get more info on the submitted changes to the state laws and pending ones/ Appreciate the help. Thanks, Carl Any where I can get more info on the submitted changes to the state laws and pending ones/ Appreciate the help.
Thanks,
Carl

]]> Comment on ACBF 2010 – First Impressions by Josh Christie » The 4th Annual American Craft Beer Festival http://koenemann.hoppress.com/2010/06/19/acbf-2010-%e2%80%93-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Josh Christie » The 4th Annual American Craft Beer Festival Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:08:25 +0000 http://koenemann.hoppress.com/?p=374#comment-745 [...] be shipping off to Boston on Saturday to cover the event. Last year my compatriots Carla and Steve reported on the event along with me, but I’m headed down solo in 2011. So, my fellow [...] [...] be shipping off to Boston on Saturday to cover the event. Last year my compatriots Carla and Steve reported on the event along with me, but I’m headed down solo in 2011. So, my fellow [...]

]]> Comment on Prohibition… FAIL! by VTHopHead http://koenemann.hoppress.com/2011/04/09/prohibition-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-706 VTHopHead Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:11:05 +0000 http://koenemann.hoppress.com/?p=606#comment-706 [...] Read more… [...] [...] Read more… [...]

]]> Comment on Prohibition… FAIL! by Steve Koenemann http://koenemann.hoppress.com/2011/04/09/prohibition-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Steve Koenemann Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:54:53 +0000 http://koenemann.hoppress.com/?p=606#comment-704 All good points... not being able to make/sell beer caused the downfall of 100's (1000's?) of breweries, large and small. We are just in the last couple of years getting back to the same number of breweries as there were pre-WWI. Have faith though, the mega-brewers are definitely taking notice of the growth of the craft beer movement over the last 5 year. Unfortunately their reaction has been to buy up a bunch of small breweries in a bogus attempt to claim a portion of this market. This will have the consequence of diluting or polluting craft beer as they take breweries focused on high-quality, good-tasting beer and turn what they produce into "meh". Any time the gov'mt gets its fingers too far into an industry it f's it up... that's just what they do... and we pay for it! All good points… not being able to make/sell beer caused the downfall of 100′s (1000′s?) of breweries, large and small. We are just in the last couple of years getting back to the same number of breweries as there were pre-WWI.
Have faith though, the mega-brewers are definitely taking notice of the growth of the craft beer movement over the last 5 year. Unfortunately their reaction has been to buy up a bunch of small breweries in a bogus attempt to claim a portion of this market. This will have the consequence of diluting or polluting craft beer as they take breweries focused on high-quality, good-tasting beer and turn what they produce into “meh”.
Any time the gov’mt gets its fingers too far into an industry it f’s it up… that’s just what they do… and we pay for it!

]]> Comment on Prohibition… FAIL! by Foyle http://koenemann.hoppress.com/2011/04/09/prohibition-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Foyle Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:25:37 +0000 http://koenemann.hoppress.com/?p=606#comment-703 Prohibition was one more failed attempt by progressives and religious advocates of social change to "reform" mankind from the outside in. All societies need law and order, but the attempt to create a perfect society through legislation will always fail. It goes against our makeup as human beings. We are rebels by nature and change must come from the inside out. I blame prohibition for the crappy state of beer and wine making in this nation up until the late 1970's. I thank God that we can now all enjoy decent, craft brewed beer. Unfortunately the post-prohibition "light lager" still dominates the taste range of most Americans. What a sad waste of taste buds. There are so many delicious beers out there, I think it is a terrible waste to drink nothing but corn based macro swill, yet 90% of American beer drinkers consume nothing else. I really hope we can see a movement to lower the drinking age to 18. Either you are an adult at 18 or not. If you can't drink at 18 then you should not be able to vote, serve in the military, or make any other adult choices. Drinking age 21 does nothing but criminalize our young people and encourage binge drinking. I had the "luck" to turn 18 back in 1983 -- my state raised the drinking age to 19 one month later and 21 the year after that. I became an adult 3 different times thanks to our change to a national drinking age! Prohibition was one more failed attempt by progressives and religious advocates of social change to “reform” mankind from the outside in. All societies need law and order, but the attempt to create a perfect society through legislation will always fail. It goes against our makeup as human beings. We are rebels by nature and change must come from the inside out.

I blame prohibition for the crappy state of beer and wine making in this nation up until the late 1970′s. I thank God that we can now all enjoy decent, craft brewed beer. Unfortunately the post-prohibition “light lager” still dominates the taste range of most Americans. What a sad waste of taste buds. There are so many delicious beers out there, I think it is a terrible waste to drink nothing but corn based macro swill, yet 90% of American beer drinkers consume nothing else.

I really hope we can see a movement to lower the drinking age to 18. Either you are an adult at 18 or not. If you can’t drink at 18 then you should not be able to vote, serve in the military, or make any other adult choices. Drinking age 21 does nothing but criminalize our young people and encourage binge drinking. I had the “luck” to turn 18 back in 1983 — my state raised the drinking age to 19 one month later and 21 the year after that. I became an adult 3 different times thanks to our change to a national drinking age!

]]> Comment on Prohibition… FAIL! by All Over Beer http://koenemann.hoppress.com/2011/04/09/prohibition-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-702 All Over Beer Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:57:33 +0000 http://koenemann.hoppress.com/?p=606#comment-702 Excellent summary. Excellent summary.

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]]> Comment on Beers of the Full Moon by From the HopPress: Beers of the Full Moon « VTHopHead.com http://koenemann.hoppress.com/2011/03/19/beers-of-the-full-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-695 From the HopPress: Beers of the Full Moon « VTHopHead.com Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:07:41 +0000 http://koenemann.hoppress.com/?p=587#comment-695 [...] Read more… [...] [...] Read more… [...]

]]> Comment on Made in Vermont – The Northeast Kingdom by From the HopPress: Made in Vermont – The Deep South « VTHopHead.com http://koenemann.hoppress.com/2011/01/08/made-in-vermont-%e2%80%93-the-northeast-kingdom/comment-page-1/#comment-694 From the HopPress: Made in Vermont – The Deep South « VTHopHead.com Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:18:28 +0000 http://koenemann.hoppress.com/?p=553#comment-694 [...] Made in Vermont – The Northeast Kingdom [...] [...] Made in Vermont – The Northeast Kingdom [...]

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